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CVE-2025-48572: Android Framework Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2025-12-02
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-12-08 · updated 2026-10-07
• Weakness: CWE-306

Description

In multiple locations, there is a possible way to launch activities from the background due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products

• Android: 13.0, 14.0, 15.0, 16.0

References

• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/e707f6600330691f9c67dc023c09f4cd2fc59192
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-12-01
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-48572

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